Magnetic Tape Products

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Magnetic tape is a recording medium consisting of a thin strip of mylar tape with a coating of a fine magnetic material, used for recording analogue or digital data. Data is stored in frames across the width of the tape. The frames are grouped into blocks or records, which are separated from other blocks by gaps.

Magnetic tape is a serial access medium, similar to an audio cassette, and so data (like the songs on a music tape) cannot be quickly located.

However large amounts of information can be stored within magnetic tape. This characteristic has prompted its use in the regular backing up of hard disks.

The current devices to store and access information via magnetic tape include: 9 Track, 18 Track, 36 Track and DLT tape drives, as stand-alone units or as part of tape libraries. Each of these machine types provide various cost, data management and data access advantages that are explored separately.

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